The form book does not look to be working in Cork's favour having been defeated by Tipperary in five of their last six meetings. However, the last of those was two years ago, and the sides that will be facing up to each other on Sunday bear little resemblance.

Who will see themselves through to the All Ireland Hurling Final?

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But one factor that may be key in a match so difficult to call is momentum, and Tipperary certainly have that.

Having had to come through qualifying and a quarter-final, they have three recent wins under their belt to fill them with confidence for the last-four clash.

Most recently they eased past Dublin 2-23 to 0-16 at Semple Stadium to set up the clash with Cork, although coach Eamon O'Shea was not overly impressed with that performance and highlighted a need to improve dramatically for the Cork match, per RTE Sport:

I know it’s a cliche, but we have a lot of improving to do before we’d even keep the ball pucked out to Cork.

Okay, It was a good day for us, but from my point of view there’s a lot of work to be done.

Anybody out there with a hurling brain can see that we have to improve to even compete.

However, we’re still there and we’re still standing.

No doubt O'Shea will have his men in shape to face up to Cork for what is expected to be a high-scoring, open game.

Many will be hoping for a repeat of the classic encounter between these two sides from the 1984 Munster final, shared here by Tipperary: